Behold the Templars and the..... goose.






Up we go, a mighty 33 m before we slouch down another 10. We are heading towards Terradillos de los Templarios. Apparently, as the name suggests, the Templars had a manor here and was linked to the legend of the goose that laid golden eggs. The ‘de los Templarios’ wasn’t added until 2nd July 1916.







Currently 60 people live there. In 1842 140 people lived there. Wiki somewhat crushingly says the place was ‘a small Roman settlement of no great importance’. It was repopulated in the 12th century. Alfonso VIII gave the place to the Templars in 1191. It wasn’t on, but near the camino de Santiago. The church, St Peter’s, has a 14th century Christ and several equally historic altar pieces.
A bar can be found on the road. It has two reviews. One is five stars. The other isn’t. Aitor Agirre isn’t happy at all
‘Four friends of us came to this bar in Terradillo de los Templarios and we were scammed. We ordered 8 bottles of 20cl Mahou beer and they charged us €12 which comes out to €1.50 per bottle.
The waiter first told us that it was €8, at 1 euro per bottle, which is reasonable and logical for a town of 60 inhabitants, but then he told us that it was €12. At the price of Ledesma Street in Bilbao, listen.;
If they treat pilgrims like this we are doing badly.’
Dario Mammarella thought is was ok.
They served me with a smile and thanked me for bringing the plate and glass back.











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